Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-10-20
SELECTIONS.

pencils is obtained in Florida Faber,
the German manufacturer, had to run
the blockade with his wood during the
war. Florida cedar is the best wood for
this purpose because it is smooth, free
from knots and straight-grained. About
175, 600, 900 pencils are made yearly in
this country
l count this thing to be grandly true:
That noble deed is a step toward GOd,-
Lifting the soul from the common clOd
To a purcr air and broader view
j. G. HOLLAND
of the one hundred thousand words
in the English vocabulary, only about
three thousand are in common use.
mo man is born into the world whose work
Is not born with him. there is always work
And tools to work withall for those who will;
And blessed are the horny hands of toll.
The busy world shoves angrily aside
The man who stands with arms akimbo set,
Until occasion tells him what to do,
And he who waits to have his task marked ont
Shall die and leave his errand unfuhled.''
j. r. DWELL.
Among other relics Of the mound
builders discovered ,aar DEVILS Lake
OAK py fro1 ...ontgomery, of the North
Daho'a University is what he calls a sac
ritic;~ !, ,h;ah ,oon+oor inch
es from the surface, are wells easily found
because of lining of lime about the
sides and layers of bark on the bottom.
These are deep enough to hold bodies in
sitting posture.
A GOOD ANSWER FOR AN OLD FOGY.-Ihe
trouble with the drunkard, according to
DR.. Kerr, of London, is that there is an
abnormal cerebral condition, a dynamical
physical disturbance of the brain and
nerve function, real departure from
sound health. which is itself patholog-
ical state with, and in all probability
its post -mortem equivalent in hYperplas-
ma of the neuroglia.'' Teach this. 1t is
required to inculcate temperance doc
trines in our schools, and this is sound.
What does it matter, If it be not under
stood. 1t will stand as substance of
doctrine" as the old educators say, and
the pupils will come to its intellectual
apprehension sometime, if their minds
grow fast enough and they live long
enough. It is said that pupils cannot
understand all they learn, and that some
things must be packed away in the MEM
DRY, serviceable in time of future need
What magnificent answer this would
make on an examination:
What is the trouble with the drunk
ard?''
The trouble with the drunkard is an
abnormal cerebral. ETC. These thun-
dering words would strike conviction in
the midst of those DIRECTORS who COM
plain that our schools teach simplitied
: For the information of our school
children and others we publish list of
the National and State officers:
NATION l. OFFICERS.
Grover Cleveland, President.
John Sherman, Acting Vice President
T. II. Bayard, Secretary of State.
Daniel Manning, Sec'y of the Treasury.
VIM. C. Endicott, Sec'y of War,
w. G. w hitney, Sec,y of the Navy.
L. @. G. Lamar, Sec'y of the Interior.
Aug H. Garland, Attorney General.
VIM. +. Villas, Post Master General.
STATE OFFICERS.
John A. Martin Governor.
A. p. Riddle, Lieutenant Governor.
E. B. Allen, Secretary of State.
j. II. Hamilton, State Treasurer.
S. B. Bradford Attorney General.
Tim. Mccarthy, State Auditor
A. H. Horton, Chief Justice.
j. W. Lawhead, Supt Pub. Instruction.
w. Sims. Sec'y Board of Agriculture.
J. NJ. Mcfarland. Asst Sec,y BID.
f. G. Adams, Sec'y Historical Society.
A. B. Campbell. .idiutant General.
r. 3. Morris. Supt. Insurance.
r. J. Dennis State Librarian.
James Smith, Governor Private Sec'y.
w. T. Cavenaugh, Asst. Sec'y State.
C. c. Baker, State Printer.